The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 508
ars to bea clam-shell, and the north-east face a grotesque and undecipherablesculpture. The dial is set north-east and south-west, so that twelveoclock falls exactly at the north-east corner of the stone. The lettersare on the edge of the stone, and a circle contains the degrees numberedon it… … Fig. 16S0.—Glasserton House. seat of the Earls of Galloway. About that date it was burned, andafterwards became the residence of Admiral Stewart, a younger son ofthe earl. The dial probably dates from about the middle of last century;it has a modern dial-plate. * We have to thank Mr. Galloway for a…
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